What to do while in Ukraine

German consumer goods company Henkel has pulled a toilet freshener from the eastern European market after Ukrainians complained it looked like the former Soviet republic's flag. A television advertisement for the Bref Duo Stick freshener run in Russia ( here ) caught the attention of Ukrainians - many of whom watch Russian television - last week. In the ad, the yellow-and-blue freshener which is shaped like a small flag is put under the toilet rim. "A delirious idea from uncultured people," one person commented on the YouTube clip. Tore Birol, Henkel's general manager for laundry and home care products in Ukraine, told Reuters on Wednesday the company had pulled the product within three days of seeing the complaints. "We are very sorry if people were offended by the design of our new product," he said. "We stopped the production, distribution and television advertising (of the product)." Birol said the freshener, which had been mark

A press-conference was held in Kyiv dedicated to the start of the U16 European Championship Men 2013 that will be held from 8 to 18 August in the Kyiv Palace of Sports. The press-conference was attended by the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Olexander Vilkul, the president of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine Oleksandr Volkov and Tournament Director Markian Lubkivskyi. "In August the European basketball world will be centred in Kyiv, where from 8 to 18 August the U16 European basketball Championship will be held," claimed Vilkul to open the press-conference, continuing: "Ukraine is creating new international stars. There is no doubt that in a few years the young men who take part in this tournament will become main leaders in their adult teams. But they will always remember the games they played on our courts." Vilkul also discussed the importance of making the tournament accessible to all. On the initiative of the Ukrainian Government and the

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's Emergency Situations Ministry says an ammonia leak at a chemical plant has killed five people and sickened more than 20. The ministry said that a pipe carrying liquid ammonia depressurized Tuesday at the Stirol plant in the east of the country, causing the release of the chemical. The ministry refused to provide further details. The plant said on its website that the faulty pipe was soon fixed and there was no danger to the population in nearby areas. Production of chemical fertilizers is a key sector of the Ukrainian economy.  Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/08/06/3426467/ukraine-5-killed-20-sickened-in.html#storylink=cpy  

The duty-free stores will be situated across nine locations on the third floor of TD and two on the fourth The Ukraine State Property Fund is to lease 2,268sq m of space in Kyiv Boryspil International airport terminal D, according to local media reports. The tender covers restaurants, cafes and duty-free shops, and the longest contract for all premises is two years and 11 months. The duty-free stores will be situated in nine locations covering 1,425sq m on the third floor of TD and two locations spanning 53.7sq m and 36.9sq m respectively on the fourth floor. According to the Ukrainian Journal the independent value of the property is UAH77.9m ($9.6m) based on a rental rate of 18%. Irish travel retailer Aer Rianta International has been operating out of TB through its Kievrianta subsidiary since 1992. Travel retailer Gebr Heinemann also runs shops at the airport through a local partner.

Having tasted success with Barcelona and Catalonia, three amigos will next week take aim at the U16 European Championship Men in Ukraine. Spanish trio Ramon Vila, Jaume Sorolla and Alejandro Mazaira have grown up together with Barca's youth system, more than just three key cogs in the team but also three close friends - and that makes them key to the close chemistry inside Jose Ignacio Hernandez's team. Jose Silva is ready to sacrifice some nights for his team to be successful at the U16 European Championship Together they won the youth championships both in Spain and Catalonia, but their goal in Kyiv over the next fortnight is to get Spain back into the podium positions after they missed out in Lithuania last year. Jose Silva , an assistant to Hernandez, has worked with the trio and several other members of this team for many years during their development within the national academy. "I will not deny that this generation is special to me because

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, August 5 / Trend, H. Hasanov / State National Service Turkmenhowayollary (Turkmen Airlines) has opened a regular flight between the cities of Ashgabat and Lvov (Ukraine), the aviation company reported. 'The comfortable Boeing-737NG will carry out flights between the two cities with a frequency of once a week', the report said. In time, the frequency of flights can increase to twice a week. Turkmenhowayollary planes have been carrying out flights to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, with a frequency of three times a week since 2008. According to the comment by the state information service Turkmen dovlet xabarlari, the main advantage for those who fly to Kiev and Lvov is that for the return flight to Ashgabat, they can without changing the ticket, fly from any of these cities. 'And the docking of flights carried out by the State National Service Turkmenhowayollary to these Ukrainian cities with flights to Beijing (China), Delhi (Ind

 Ukraine's national film funding body has signed a deal with the Ukrainian National Film Archive in Kiev to secure the services of the organization's cinema experts to help evaluate proposed movie projects. The deal, worth $55,000, is designed to boost the quality of films put forward for state backing. Ukraine has been ratcheting up state backing of movies in the past three years with more than $30 million being made available this year. Around 10 features are expected to be completed with state backing this year, and a further 10 are in production. Kateryna Kopylova , head of the Ukrainian State Film Agency, says that as projects get better, state funding will expand. "When there is a large number of high-quality, interesting movies, we will be able to raise the amount of state financing for the industry,"

The exclusive photos of the cult singer Jim Morrison of 1966 ( The Doors ), where he dressed in Ukrainian embroidery.  Jim Morrison photographed by American photographer Guy Webster. According to legend, this shirt Jim has presented by legendary artist Andy Warhol. Ukrainian embroidered shirts have always been a hot thing  in the late 60's and early 70's - especially fashionable.

Inna Shevchenko, the same girl who was recently granted political asylum in France for felling a 13-foot high Christian cross in Kyiv, is the most recent hero among the French, appearing as she does on their newest national postage stamp as a symbol of the French Revolution. Each new President of France chooses a stamp with the new Marianna, the bare-breasted heroine of the French Revolution, on the Day of Revolution. This year, out of 15 final works, Francois Hollande opted on the version that most resembled Femen’s Inna Shevchenko. The student artist who created the work admits Inna was his inspiration for the stamp, embodying as she does the values of the French Revolution – freedom, equality, and fraternity. Shevchenko seemed honoured at being the newest face on France’s official stamp for the next five years, saying, “Now all homophobes, extremists, fascists will have to lick my ass when they want to send a letter.” Ah yes, classy.

Kiev - A leading male activist with Ukrainian feminist rights movement Femen was beaten up in a brutal nighttime attack, the group said on Thursday, blaming the Ukrainian and Russian special services. The group described the attack as an act of intimidation ahead of a visit to Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week for an Orthodox religious anniversary for which its activists had been planning protests. Viktor Svyatskiy was hospitalised with severe bruising to his face, a suspected broken jaw, broken teeth and loss of blood in the assault late on Wednesday in central Kiev, Femen said in a statement. Femen blamed the attack on employees of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and their counterparts in Belarus who are still known as the KGB. "Yesterday evening, Viktor Svyatskiy was brutally beaten by representatives of the special services," Femen said. Femen's female activists have become well-kn

In July 2013 Ukraine International Airlines and Rossiya Russian Airlines signed a cooperation agreement. This agreement allowed increasing Ukraine International Airlines flight frequency on the Kiev to St. Petersburg route up to three daily flights. Carriers have signed a code-share agreement for the route Kiev – St. Petersburg – Kiev. Thanks to the agreement passengers from the regions of Ukraine and other points of the leading Ukrainian carrier's route network are provided with an opportunity to quickly and easily reach the Northern capital of the Russian Federation via Ukrainian capital. Code-share agreement not only increases Kiev – St. Petersburg service frequency up to three daily UIA-operated flights, but also allows passengers of Rossiya Russian Airlines to access broad UIA route network. Arriving from St. Petersburg at Kiev Boryspil International airport passengers will be able to take advantage of conveniently scheduled UI

In the last decade Ukraine’s capital Kiev has grown into a European entertainment hub, attracting some of the world’s most famous musicians and DJs. For example, Joachim Garraud, who is one of the brightest stars in the French DJ scene, has been a regular visitor to the nightclub Dali Park since 2004. In Ukraine people are more likely to spend money on leisure. It also has less restrictive alcohol and tobacco advertising, which means clubs get more financial sponsorship. Club manager, Fabrice Schwarz explained how that benefits the venues there: “We have exactly the same DJs as in Europe, who play in the most important clubs. From that point of view Ukraine is ahead of the game. They can get artists who play in France and are very difficult to hire because of their high fees”. In Kiev’s Arena Entertainment Centre, night club Decadence has opened its party season on a summer terrace. It is one of the most popular nightlife attractions among foreign visitor

KIEV, July 16 - United Basketball Investments (UBI), a company co-owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoisky, is planning to build an arena for the EuroBasket 2015 European Basketball Championship on the grounds of the Kyivhuma plant in Kiev at 6 Holosiyivsky Avenue, according to Kommersant Ukraine newspaper. According to the newspaper, a respective ad banner was put up on the territory of the plant, and UBI's press service also confirmed this information.

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) EuroBasket 2015 will attract around 200 volunteers for the U16 European Championship Men, which will be held in Kyiv's Sports Palace from 8 to 18 August this year. According to Tournament Director  Markian Lubkivskyi , the Local Organising Committee will recruit about 200 volunteers who will be co-organisers of the U16 European Championship Men in 2013: "We have had a successful experience of a volunteer project during UEFA EURO 2012, back then it was actually the first major international sports event held in our country and it's success would be hard to imagine without the thousands of volunteers who helped the organisers during the tournament. Holding the European basketball championship this year also involves attracting volunteers. It's nice that many of the volunteers who worked during EURO 2012 gladly agreed to participate in this year's volunteer project." According to M. Lubkivskyi, less than one month af

The  tenth j ubilee  "Dreamland"  festival  took place   in Kiev on the "Singing Field"  on 6 and 7 July . According to organizers, this "feast of live ethnic music, living legends of kobzartva, original artists that inspire and share charming cosmopolitan energy." There were  work-craft Alley, Children's Glade, Workshop folk dances, open-air catwalk, Cossack entertainment, literary scene, the book fair. Both days worked eight scenes: four musical (Home, Crimean Tatar, "green meadow", Kobzarska workshop), dance (dance workshop) and three literature (literary scene, literary kitchen, Kurin). The festival was attended by 350 artists from 15 countries: Ukraine, Britain, France, Austria, Turkey, Belarus, South Africa, Bulgaria, Germany, Kazakhstan, Israel, Canada, Mordovia (Russia), Armenia, USA. On the main stage were, in particular, the groups Kozak System (Kyiv), MorDens (Mordovia, Russia), Ram'd 'mes (Paris, France), Sun

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London:  Sergiy Stakhovsky, the man who hails from Kiev in Ukraine and is ranked outside the world's top 100, wiped the smile off Roger Federer's face on Wednesday after evicting the Swiss from his own backyard at Wimbledon. Since winning the first of his record 17 grand slam titles on the Centre Court here in 2003, no one had managed to eject the grasscourt master before the quarter-finals. On Wednesday, the world finally met a man who did. Sergiy Stakhovsky is the  116th ranked tennis player  in the world. Today he defeated Roger Federer at Wimbledon in the second round. You would assume that is the greatest thing he has ever done, but you would be wrong because two years ago, the 27-year old Ukranian married Anfisa Stakhovsky (formerly Anfisa Bulgakova. Or “ Anfissa Bulgakova .”). She happens to be a 5-foot-10 Russian model. In addition to being tall and pretty, Anfisa holds a Masters degree in Strategic Marketing. Stakhovsky, 27, turned professional in 2003 and

World Forum of Russian-speaking Jews presents plans for site, which is expected to be constructed within three years. A new memorial complex will be built at the site of the Babi Yar massacre in Kiev, where an estimated 50,000 Jews were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust, the World Forum of Russian-speaking Jews announced Sunday. The model of the memorial site was presented at a gathering of the Governing Board of the Jewish Agency, which is currently convening in the Ukrainian capital. According to WFRJ President Alexander Levin, the new memorial site seeks to provide visitors from around the world with an emotional connection to the massacre. In addition to a Jewish center and synagogue at the site, there will be a display of historic material including remains of clothes and belongings of the murdered, documents from the Nazi archives, a 3D film, and interviews with survivors, the WFRJ said in a press statement. Construction of the site, which is expected to t

At  midnight sextremists FEMEN staged a late-night raid of the residency  of Belarusian dictator Lukashenka in Kiev, that is protected by dozens of policemen.  FEMEN with screams and fire tried to attack sadist Lukashenko. On their bodies they wrote: " Viva Belarus", "Dictator, get out".  FEMEN reminds Lukashenko the wild  brutal harassment of FEMEN activists by the KGB  in Gomel in the forests in the  2011. FEMEN reminds Lukashenko about  beaten and repressed Belarusian heroes who called to fight against Lukashenkos dictatorship. FEMEN reminds Lukashenko about escapes of  journalists who were criticizing the regime.  FEMEN can't stand the  President Yanukovych for his  friendship with garbege like Lucashenko that breakes the  European course of development for Ukraine.  FEMEN fights for overthrowing Lukashenko, the last dictator of Europe for free Belarus without dictatorship, prisons and deaths!  FEMEN calls the world to the psychological wa

In September 2015, Ukraine will host Eurobasket 2015, which is one of the top 3 sport events in Europe. Ukraine expects to host 24 participating European national teams, to host 90 matches in 6 cities in 7 sports arenas and the whole event will be broadcasted internationally. The tournament is organized every 2 years.  In February 2013 a Local Organising Committee was set up to to organize and to promote the tournament, as well as to monitor the sports arenas construction according to the requirements of the Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) and international standards. Private investors will develop 6 new multipurpose indoor arenas in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Lviv, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk. In addition, the government will renovate the current Palace of Sports in Kyiv as the 7th venue. The capacity of the arenas will vary between 5,000-18,000 guests. The three private investors are United Basketball Investments (Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk), Donb

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the leader of the Eastern-rite Ukrainian Catholic Church, has issued an invitation to the country’s most prominent Orthodox leader to attend services for the opening of a new Catholic cathedral in Kiev. The Orthodox Metropolitan Vladimir expressed thanks for the invitation and “wished God’s blessings” on the cathedral, the Ukrainian Catholic Church reports. The invitation to the Orthodox prelate, and his friendly reply, could mark a thaw in the often tense relations between the Catholic and Orthodox churches in Ukraine. The Russian Orthodox Church had strongly objected to the plans to move the headquarters of the Ukrainian Catholic Church from Lviv to Kiev. But Metropolitan Vladimir—whose Ukrainian Orthodox Church- Moscow Patriarchate is allied with the Russian Church—seemed ready to accept the development. In conversations with Catholic prelates last week—during a visit to Ukraine by Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the Pontifical Counci

  FEMEN has scared to death Merkel by its attack and battle shout "Free FEMEN!".  The chancellor will here this scream of the soul for a long time till she will contribute to free FEMEN. FREE FEMEN! FEMEN disrupted the speech of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, demanding the release of their fellow members from the Tunisian prisons. FEMEN calls from world leaders to force the Islamist savages to implement the provisions of international human rights and contribute immediate release of all four, illegally detained in Tunisian prisons activists.

A man has received a warning from police after calling 999 to complain that a prostitute he met outside a hotel was not as attractive as she had promised. The nuisance caller claimed that the woman had 'breached the Sale of Goods Act' by mis-representing her looks in a newspaper advert. However, officers in Solihull told him that the prostitute had not committed an offence - and reminded him that he may have broken the law against soliciting for sex. West Midlands Police have now tracked the man down and sent him a letter warning him about wasting police time with frivolous complaints. A spokesman for the service said: 'A 999 call was received by police at around 7.30pm on Tuesday evening from a man wishing to complain about a sex worker he had met on a hotel car park. 'The caller claimed that the woman had made out she was better looking than she actually was, and he wished to report her for breaching the Sale of Goods Act. 'When he raised this is

West Brom and Hull City look set to miss out on Anderlecht striker Dieumerci Mbokani, who is set for a medical at Dynamo Kiev. The DR Congo striker is ready to travel to the Ukraine to finalise the move on a three-year contract even though Anderlecht have not confirmed whether they have agreed a fee for him. The Belgian champions' asking price is believed to be £9million for the 27-year-old frontman, who scored 19 league goals last season. Mbokani was waiting on an EU passport application which would have opened up the door for a move to the Premier League as he would not have needed a work permit. But it looks as though his hopes of receiving the documentation have been hit, forcing him to consider Dynamo Kiev's offer which has been on the table for over a month. West Brom had been chasing Mbokani but knew that they would have been struggling to get a work permit for him if they went to the Home Office as DR Congo are currently outside the top 70 on the Fifa World Ranking